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tome_reader_alu's Reviews (1.16k)


This book was so unlike anything I have read before and I loved it! The progression of emotions between Red and Blue through their letters was so impactful and intense for being a relatively short book. I had too many emotions when I finished this book.

When this book started, I was a little bit concerned I was not going to end up liking it. I was worried that there would be some very tropey similarities to other books I had read. Thankfully though this book teases at those tropes and then takes a complete left turn from what I was expecting. The land and folklore were so rich and interesting as well. What really pulled me in though was main protagonist Soraya. She was everything I wanted in a protagonist for a story like this.

My only issue I had is that I felt the feelings towards other characters happened a bit suddenly, especially one character in particular.

Going into this book, I had a vague idea of what it was going to be about. in a way, I was not at all prepared for what actually happened.

I really enjoyed this story. It was refreshing to read something in which I genuinely could not tell what would happen or if things would even end well or not. I enjoyed the speculation as to the "why" of everything the entire way through as well. I don't think I had any real clue about what was happening but in a good way. Nothing felt simply handed to me, nor was there any amount of explaining that took me out of the story.

I liked the characters a lot too. The core group of characters was interesting and distinct. Even the supporting characters that are introduced, however briefly they appear, feel relevant and have a point.